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Originally Posted by fisetdavid26

Right, I'm gonna clear things up.

Long ago, before Nintendo introduced Donkey Kong to the arcades and released their Famicom/NES console, RPGs existed. On paper. Played with dices. Dungeons & Dragons. That's the first definition of RPG. Then the Japanese being über good with technology created their own version of the game for consoles, two of the best series being Square's Final Fantasy and Enix's Dragon Quest. Both are of the good old concept: read the story in 'bubbles', walk on a map, BANG! random battles, turned-based fighting, cast spells, physical attacks, win, return to the map, repeat. To me that's the 'classic' RPG, or if you prefer, the definition of a proper RPG. However, it kinda disappeared. I agree the Elder Scrolls series could be a good example of a modern RPG. Hell, even the ultra-conservative Japanese departed from the old formula with Final Fantasy XII, no more random and turn-based battles. The Zelda series could be considered as action RPGs.

Also, many people here mentioned Grand Theft Auto, it's not a RPG, it's an action game.

For the record I would like to mention I hate D&D.

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Final Fantasy would probably the oldest/most popular RPG out there then, if we stick to the classic view. I never really liked FF, but I always heard its good. Gotta try it out.